Holistic Systems

Fundamental for gaining sustainable impact is to work holistically with the use of resources. As design is developed and used within material, technological, economic and human systems, designers need to understand production, communication, consumption and reuse on a systems level in order to develop holistic design strategies for prolonging lifespan, optimising use and managing waste.

The course introduces you to core strategies for holistic systems, such as resource understanding within circular economy, including business models for service economy and sharing economy.

You will work with real company cases to analyse existing systems, explore potentials and develop new sustainable design driven systems proposals, prototypes and final design products or concepts for services and sharing systems.